im in a band and my neighbors keep calling the cops. i cant find nething in ohio about noise ordinance,?

Question

i live in austintown, the cops says there is a an ordinance.but i want proof

Answer 1

Most places do have noise violation by-laws. Your best bet would be to go to city hall, on a day you haven't been hassled about it, and ask them if they have any specific information on it, and if not, where to go to get some.

Answer 2

Then call Austintown's city hall and ask for a copy of the noise ordinance. Asking Yahoo, where 99.999999% of the people who will answer you aren't even from Austintown is not a very sensible thing to do.

Noise ordinances are local laws and they vary from place to place. What constitutes a noise ordinance violation in one place does not necessarily mean it will be that everywhere. It's not a state law--it's a LOCAL law. Therefore, you call LOCAL authorities.

Answer 3

Okay, here are a few things you can do...

1. Go to the police, and ask them for proof. Tell them you want a copy of it. Look over it, and see if there are any ways you could possibly bend the rules, and see if there are specific times you can work out to practice without breaking the law.
2. See if there is someone else, or some place else you can practice, to get away from your neighbors.
3. Talk to your neighbors and see if you can work out a time where you can practice, or when they won't be home, and practice then. Maybe its just that your practicing too late at night?
4. Try soundproofing wherever area you are practicing in.
5. If worse comes to worse, try playing with your amps lower.

Answer 4

There probably is a noise ordinance, ask them where you can view it to be sure but either way you're screwed. If there is no ordinance they can probably still get you on something like disturbing the peace.

My suggesions are:
1. find a new practice space (tough i know, esp if you don't wanna pay for one, though i know a band that used to use a storage unit pretty successfully)
2. Sound proof (even if you have to go buy/find a bunch of old matresses and set them up against the walls.
3. play quieter (but who wants to do that crap)
4. invest in some equipment that you can all plug into and use headphones as a sort of monitor. you may be able to do this with a simple soundboard. The get your drummer to play with some quieter practice sticks.

either way it may be wise to try and "make peace" with these neighbors. if you get to deep into ordinances and legal details they'll just get pissed and find other ways to retaliate. if you tell them you don't want to annoy them but you have to rock maybe you can work something out.

Best of luck. Rock on.

Answer 5

when you have all day to practice up to a reasonable time at night ( 9/10 pm ) you should use that time to "practice. Take into consideration how loud your music is have someone go out side while your "practicing" and use them as a sound level . If your neighbors are close within 30-50 ft take that into consideration . DO NOT PLAY IN TO THE EARLY AM HRS when you have neighbors surrounding your house. Its called common sense . I just called the cops on my neighbor about playing music at 2am and i'm clear across the street of a 2lane ( one lane each direction) road... first off i was in the basement aprox 7ft under ground and i STILL heard that music Muffled but still i heard it .. at first i thought i was going Nuts thinking i'm imagining things . I went out side and i heard it twice as loud. come on - i personally put up with the bs with the guy (related?) to him during daylite hrs with his supped up muscle car reving it , starting it at 4:30am - or so to get it running before he goes to work. I've kept my mouth shut about it but some where the line has to be drawn here . Don't get me started on the dogs they have barking and howling every time the fire dept or ambulance come by with sirens going! I haven't called the cops with that problem (yet) but i think the music was the straw that broke the camels back !

Answer 6

Have you checked the record of town or county ordinances? Also, you should be able to ask a local lawyer and get a free answer. You might just want to be a good neighbor and try to work out a compromise with your neighbors about practice times and volume levels.

Answer 7

sound proof the room, add a ceiling fan/fans to cool the place down. check noise level from the outside of the room. Here in my town in CA nothing before 6 a.m. to 10 p.m. and time people just reduce the noise until 12 . Just try to play sometime you know they like at the end of practice. they might let you play more ?

Answer 8

Go to a lawyer. Better yet,find a way to practice without driving
your neighbors crazy. If you show consideration maybe they'll
stop calling the police.They must have a reason. What are you doing,playing late at night or something?

Answer 9

Ask the cops for proof. Noise ordinance differs from city to city, town to town, village to village.

Answer 10

Have your bandroom soundproofed! cheapest way and effective is to paste/nail old/used carton boxes on the walls, ceilings, door and windows, then paste those disposable egg trays on the walled carton box, and if those egg trays bother your eyesights then cover them up with bedsheets,linens, big towel or wall carpets this will act as drapes, further reducing noise going out of the room. Sounds crazy but it might just work!